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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have read this whole thread, and even commented at one point. Perhaps I missed it, but I have a couple of questions:

1) Does anyone have an information on what the boundaries would look like if there was a 4th high school at CC? Arlington has strong preference for walkability. Given the density involved in parts of the county, what does this mean for the other 3 schools? While I think we need a 4th school, this seems like a recipe for segregation, worse than what we have. When I look at the map, I see some lines being drawn that would either leave out the people very close to the proposed site to balance Wakefield or taking in people N of 50 and turning Wakefield into a high FARM school, which is not a good idea.

2) Lots of people want the school to be the same. I mentioned this upthread - we're looking at a 10 story school. You can probably get the pool, but this campus will never host a football team. It's just not going to happen. I get the idea for an "urban" campus and I support that. Why are we allowing 4,000 kids onto 10 acres when every other school has 30? I know this was mentioned in terms of size, but you could build 6 more high schools of the plan proposed for the CC on the other 3 schools. What is the reasoning behind building this huge school here - are there plans do add seats on this scale at the other 3 schools? Are they giving up fields?

Please set me straight - I want to write letters and support a 4th school, but I want to support a common sense equitable solution. Right now, I mostly hear that S Arl "needs" it and it should be what everyone else has. It's high school - I sort of think there other solutions that haven't been discussed? Why not make all the schools lottery, like other areas and provide ART routes and transit subsidies.[/quote]

Hi PP, This is PP who lives in that neighborhood.  The proposed boundaries and lots of other information can be found on the APS engage site under "career center--follow the journey."  There is lots of information there including all the discussions about various options that have been discussed and a walking zone.  I'm perfectly fine with a 8 story urban high school.  There is a 8 story building right next to the CC building as is, so that would not be something new.  I agree with you re: not making Wakefield a high FARMS school.  I support drawing boundaries that would balance FARMS rates between Wakefield and the CC site.  Maybe that would be splitting south Arlington north-south rather than east-west.  The highest income parts of south Arlington are Arlington Ridge/Aurora Highlands area.  The CC working group has discussed football quite extensively at the meetings, which I've been following closely.  There's room for a practice football field, but not for a stadium.  The working group suggests that all Arlington HSs share stadiums.  That's fine with me, but don't know how other Arlington families would feel about that.  I also don't agree with a 4000+ school.  2500 (similar to WL) would be fine with me, though, so long as those kids have fields, open space, theater, gym, pool, etc.  
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Aha! Thank you. That looks better than I imagined, but not great. I'm concerned there's no great way to do this. [/quote]

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